Packing-box



B. J. BOYD.

PACKINGBOX. APPLICATION FILED uov" 29'. I915- RENEWED NOV. I0. 1919.

Patented Feb. 1920.

ROGER J. BOYD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE FIRM OF CARSON, IPIRIE,

SCOTT & CO., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PACKING-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

Application filed November 29, 19 15, Seria1 No. 64,020. Renewed November 10, 1919. Serial No. 337,956.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROGER J. BOYD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in packing boxes.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and cheap packing box which may be made of paper or strawboard. Boxes of this kind have come into very general use on account of the expensiveness of suitable wood for making the usual packing boxes and furthermore, boxes of the sort about to be described have certain advantages over wooden boxes in that their internal construction may be readily made such as to dispense with the usual packing material such as excelsior, paper, etc.

A further object of the invention is to provide a box whose internal construction will be such that the articles packed therein will be protected from shock in shipping or handling from all sides of the package or carton.

The present box is adapted particularly for packing goblets or stem glasses, the construction being such that the space ,of the container is economized to the utmost while at the same time, keeping the articles sep arated from each other at all points as well as keeping them separated from certaln parts of the container, thus insuring absolute safety, from breakage in handling and shipping.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box open, showing the top retaining section therein;

Fig. 2 is a closed;

Fig. 3 is a perspectlve view of the packing section, removed, and Flg. 4 1s a fragmentary perspective view of a corner ofone of the retaining sections in normal posltlon;

Fig. 5 is a grouped fragmentary perspective view showing the manner of recesslng the lengthwise and transverse partitions which form the packing sections.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the body of the box provided with end cover flaps 2 and side cover flaps 3. These flaps vertical section of the box are duplicated in every respect at the bottom of the box. I

The numeral 4 designates a retaining sectlon formed with end flanges 5 and side flanges 6, which flanges are cut away at the corners so as to render them capable of he mg bent at right angles to the flat portion of the section and the flanges are normally flared so that they will wedge in the box in assuming straight position, to firmly retain the section in the box, as shown in Fig. 2. The numeral 7 designates another retaining section similar in all respects to the bottom section and this section is provided with side flanges 8 and end flanges 9, and is normally shaped as shown in the fragmentary view, F 1g. 1. Interposed between the two retaining sections, is a packing section 10, formed of a series of lengthwise partitions 11, and cross or transverse partitions 12. The lengthwise partitions are provided near their opposite ends, each with two vertical slots 13, which extend for a little more than one-half the depth of the partition, and are open at their tops. The transverse partitions are, provided with similar slots 14, open at the bottom, so that when the lengthwise and cross partitions are placed together, theslotted portions interlock, to form compartments and when in position, both lateral and longitudinal movement of the partitions is prevented.

The transverse partitions are provided with slots 15 extending about one-half the width of the partition, which slots as shown in Fig. 3, alternate; that is to say, the slots in the end partition are cut from the top, whereas, the slots in the adjoining partition are cut upward from the bottom.

There are shown in Fig. 2, in dotted lines,

stem glasses, illustrating the manner in which the stems of the glasses are held in the slots 15, and tightly embraced by the mate rial of the transverse partitions at the edges of the slots, with the base of the glass occupying the space between the extreme ends of the crosswise partitions and the end walls of the box when the packing sections are in lace therein, as shown in the figure men- The operation in placing the glasses in the packing section is quite simple. It is only necessary to remove the two inner cross partitions, when obviously the stems of the ing the bodies 0 glasses can be forced downward into the vertical slots 15 in the end partitions 12, and when they have reached their lowermost position and the bodies of the glasses rest upon the top of the retaining section 4, the other two inner partitions are forced into place, the recesses 15 in such positions, straddling and tightly holding the stem nearer the body of the glass. It will be noted that lateral movement of the glasses will be prevented by this engagement of the cross partitions with two arts of the stem, thus keepi the glasses slightly out of contact with the sides of the lengthwise partitions 11, it being preferred that the lengthwise sections shall be so spaced apart as to produce this result relative to a given size glass intended to be packed for shipment.

Obviously, to remove the glasses the inner cross artitions are merely lifted out, when the gl asses can be readily removed, and it will be further noted that the construction of the box is such that it can be'used many times.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A packing box comprising a body-having folding portions adapted to form a cover, and a packing section in said box comprising lengthwise and cross partitions spaced apart from each other, the cross partitions being provided with means for engaging the article to be packed to hold the same firmly between the lengthwise partitions, and to engage said article at a plurality of points at one end thereof.

2. A packing box comprising a body having folding portions adapted to form a cover, a packing section supported Within said box and separated from the top and bottom of the box, said packing section being composed of a series of lengthwise and spaced transverse partitions, the transverse partitions being provided with slots between cover, apacking section in said box and separated from the bottom and top thereof, said section comprising lengthwise partitions and spaced transverse partitions to engage one end of the article. at a plurality of points,

the end transverse partitions being within the ends of the lengthwise partitions, there being in the transverse partitions, and between the lengthwise partitions, slots that in one partition are open from the top down,

and in the adjoining partition from the bottom up, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A packing box comprising a body having folding portions adapted to form a cover, a packing section within said box and separated from the top thereof, said section comprising a series of lengthwise slotted partitions and crosswise slotted spaced partitions, whereby the partitions are I looked together, there being additional slots in the transverse spaced partitions between the lengthwise partitions, the slots in one transverse partition being open at the top, while the slots in the adjoining partition are open at the bottom, the transverse partitions being spaced apart to provide means for engaging one end of the article at a plurality of points thereof.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROGER J. BOYD. Witnesses:

GEORGE HAMTRICK, CHARLES H. PHTLP. 

